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Originally Posted by stevefreestyle
All these years on this forum and you still think "anyone who wants a sports car gets a H pattern and leaves the auto's for the drag racing crew which again is more "muscle car" than sports car."
The Mustang Autos have the fully engaging and sporty FI style Paddle Shifters with Rev Matching - ie manual overide Vis a Vis FI Cars - not for simplistic boring straight line "Drag Racing".
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Paddles have been around for a very long time, no different to the +/- mode in a BA falcon with a BTR, just a different position for the function. (granted better gearbox's and tech now too).
The comment was in regards to comparing 1/4 mile times and making sure you are comparing H vs H, not 10 spd auto vs 6 spd H. If an auto was 30% quicker then some more traditionalist still wouldnt be interested as they want the H. (also less hassle when it goes pop).
I didnt say you couldnt have fun in an auto, thats crazy, but explain how an auto is more evolving, engaging, skillful and just plan old fun than an auto?
Modern auto's are efficient no doubt, but the pursuit of outright straight line speed and quicker shift times comes at the cost of engagement. And who really cares if you do 0-100 in 5.0 or 5.2 secs?
Good thing we have an option still in some cars, enjoy it while it lasts and we should be celebrating releases from any make for cars like this because it is fast becoming a niche.
IMO Nissan has nailed this, price will be king here, they will be foolish to sit it higher than the V8 Mustang.
Toyota stuffed up the Supra a bit, they may have saved some R&D linking in with BMW but they wont sell like they could have if it was in house. Id say BMW wont be keen on letting them drop RRP to heavily either.
A Supra vs Mustang vs Z will be an interesting read when the time comes.